[AuckLUG] Opensuse 10.2 NVIDIA driver problem with Geforce 7900 GS card

[Kent Wilkinson]

Subs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've searched exhaustively through other threads but to no avail. I've got a 
> new AMD system with the following configuration
>
> AMD ATHLON 4200+Dual Core AM2
> Asus nForce AM2 ATX Motherboard
> Silicon Power 2GB DDR2 800 Ram
> Seagate 320GB 7200RPM SATA2 16MB HDD
> Liteon 18X Dual DVDRW 8X D-Layer18A1P DVD Writer
> Foxconn TSAA909 Case
> 7900GS 256MB Video Card
> OpenSuse 10.2 (32 bit)
>
> I tried installing the nvidia drivers using "The Easy Way" following the 
> instructions on the following opensuse 10.2 wiki 
> http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA
>
> Then I installed opensuse's xgl settings available here 
> http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/opensuse-xgl-settings?content=51201
>
> To enable xgl I ran "gnome-xgl-switch --enable-xgl" (which should also work 
> from KDE, which I am using).
>
> Then I rebooted my machine; excited at the prospect of seeing this ***cube*** 
> that everyone's on about...
>
> Sadly, it never booted into a GUI, instead leaving me a command prompt to 
> login to. When I hit Alt-F10 to get to the interesting error message it said 
> the following
>
> **************************
> Mar 4 22:57:07 desktop kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called 
> for 1 device(s).
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as 
> rivafb, nvidiafb or
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership 
> of the NVIDIA
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: device(s).
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or 
> rivatv kernel module
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without 
> rivafb/nvidiafb
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA 
> kernel module again.
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kdm[3421]: X server died during startup
> Mar 4 22:57:08 desktop kdm[3421]: X server for display :0 can't be started, 
> session disabled
> **************************
>
> Here's some other things I've looked at. When I perform "lsmod |grep -i nv" I 
> don't get any listing for anything to do with nvidia, only
>
> **************************
> sata_nv             15492   3
> libata             119444   1 stat_nv
> **************************
>
> When I perform "lsmod |grep -i agp" I get
>
> **************************
> agpgart             35528 0
> **************************
>
> When I perform "rpm -qa|grep nvidia" I get
>
> **************************
> x11-video-nvidia-1.0.9631-0.1
> nvidia-gfx-kmp-default-1.0.9631_2.6.18.2_34-0.1
> **************************
>
> Not sure what any of this means but does anyone have any ideas? I have read 
> here that I would be better off to abandon "The Easy Way" and go back and do 
> it "The Hard Way". Is this my only option left? If so, how do I get back to 
> the stable system I had before I followed "The Easy Way".
>
> There's a 2,000,000 Euro reward for any help :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dec
>
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Looks to me like you need to rebuild your kernel, you might have 
nvidiafb built into the kernel (it wont show up with lsmod then). If you 
still want a frame buffer you can use vesa.

Regards Kent